Danny Glover

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1946-07-22 (78 years old)

Place of Birth San Francisco, California, USA

Danny Glover

Biography

Danny Lebern Glover (born July 22, 1946) is an American actor, film director, and political activist. He is best known for his co-starring lead role as Sergeant Roger Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon film series. Glover has had a variety of film, stage, and television roles. He starred as the husband to Whoopi Goldberg's character, Celie in the celebrated literary adaptation of The Color Purple, and as Lieutenant James McFee in the film Witness. He had leading roles in other films including To Sleep with Anger, Predator 2, Angels in the Outfield, and Operation Dumbo Drop. He won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead for his starring role in Charles Burnett's To Sleep with Anger. Also, he has had prominent supporting roles in Silverado, Witness, A Rage in Harlem, Dreamgirls, Shooter, Death at a Funeral, Beyond the Lights, Sorry to Bother You, The Last Black Man in San Francisco, The Dead Don't Die, Lonesome Dove and Jumanji: The Next Level. Glover earned top billing for the first time in Predator 2, the sequel to the science fiction action film Predator. During his career, he has also made several cameos, appearing, for example, in the Michael Jackson video "Liberian Girl" of 1987. In 1994, he made his directorial debut with the Showtime channel short film Override. Also in 1994, Glover and actor Ben Guillory founded the Robey Theatre Company in Los Angeles, focusing on theatre by and about black people.

Known For

Actor

Lethal Weapon 5

as Roger Murtaugh

2023
The Naughty Nine

as Santa Claus

2023
Double Soul

as Michael Tedeschi

2022
2022
Press Play

as Cooper

2020
The Drummer

as Mark Walker

2020
2020
After Fact

as Self

2020
The Bee

as Roger Murtaugh (archive footage)

2019
2019
2019
The Dead Don't Die

as Hank Thompson

2019
Always in Season

as Narrator (voice)

2019
2018
2018
2018
2018
Howard

as Self (archive footage)

2018
Come Sunday

as Gilbert Pearson

2018
Proud Mary

as Benny

2017
The Christmas Train

as Max Powers

2017
2017
Vagabonds

as Uncle Issa

2017
2017
Tour de Pharmacy

as Slim Robinson Present Day

2017
Agents of Change

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2017
Birth of a Movement

as Narrator (voice)

2017
Extortion

as Constable Haagen

2017
Cold Case Files

as Narrator (voice)

2016
Monster Trucks

as Mr. Weathers

2016
2016
2016
2016
Mr. Pig

as Ambrose

2016
Gridlocked

as Sully

2016
Back in the Day

as Eddie 'Rocks' Travor

2016
93 Days

as Dr. Benjamin Ohiaeri

2016
Darkweb

as The Boss

2016
Dirty Grandpa

as Stinky

2016
Diablo

as Benjamin Carver

2015
Andron

as Chancellor Gordon

2015
Waffle Street

as Edward Collins

2015
Checkmate

as Elohim

2015
Consumed

as Hal Westbrook

2015
2015
Bad Asses on the Bayou

as Bernie Pope

2015
Mississippi Inferno

as Narrator (voice)

2015
Caffeinated

as Coffee Lover

2015
Toxin

as Dr. Locke

2014
Beyond the Lights

as Captain Nicol

2014
2014
Yellowbird

as Darius (voice)

2014
2014
Supremacy

as Mr. Walker

2014
We Are Many

as Self

2014
Rage

as Detective St. John

2014
Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses

as Bernie Pope

2014
The Ninja Immovable Heart

as Ex Director Matthew Reynolds

2014
Chasing Shakespeare

as William Ward

2014
black-ish

as Uncle Norman

2013
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight

as Justice Thurgood Marshall

2013
Extraction

as Harding

2013
Tula: The Revolt

as Shinishi

2013
2013
Shuffleton's Barbershop

as Charlie Shuffleton

2013
Space Warriors

as Commander Phillips

2013
The Shift

as Floyd

2013
The Bouquet

as Reverend John

2013
LUV

as Arthur

2013
Ironside

as Frank Ironside

2012
Casting By

as Self

2012
The Lighthouse

as Duncan

2012
2012
Hannah's Law

as Isom Dart

2012
Sins

as Father Leonard

2012
Touch

as Professor Arthur Teller

2011
Mysteria

as Investigator

2011
Rise Like Lions

as Self (Occupy Oakland)

2011
Donovan's Echo

as Donovan Matheson

2011
2011
Son of Morning

as Gabriel Peters

2011
Mooz-lum

as Dean Francis

2010
I Want to Be a Soldier

as School Director

2010
Down for Life

as Mr. Shannon

2010
Alpha and Omega

as Winston (voice)

2010
I'm Still Here

as Danny Glover

2010
Legendary

as Harry 'Red' Newman

2010
Dear Alice

as Franzis

2010
Death at a Funeral

as Uncle Russell

2010
Sam Cooke: Crossing Over

as Narrator (voice)

2009
2009
2012

as President Thomas Wilson

2009
PoliWood

as Self

2009
The Harimaya Bridge

as Joseph Holder

2009
Night Train

as Miles

2008
Saw V

as David Tapp (archive footage) (uncredited)

2008
Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare

as Walter Tortoise (voice)

2008
Blindness

as Man with Black Eye Patch

2008
Gospel Hill

as John Malcolm

2008
Be Kind Rewind

as Mr. Fletcher

2008
Leverage

as Charlie Lawson

2007
Honeydripper

as Tyrone Purvis

2007
Battle for Terra

as President Chen (voice)

2007
Shooter

as Colonel Isaac Johnson

2007
Poor Boy's Game

as George

2006
Dreamgirls

as Marty Madison

2006
Barnyard

as Miles the Mule (voice)

2006
Bamako

as Cow-boy

2006
The Adventures of Brer Rabbit

as Brer Turtle (voice)

2006
The Shaggy Dog

as Ken Hollister

2006
The Exonerated

as David Keaton

2006
Brothers and Sisters

as Isaac Marshall

2006
Psych

as Mel Hornsby

2005
2005
The Peace!

as Self

2005
Manderlay

as Wilhelm

2005
Missing in America

as Jake Neely

2005
P.N.O.K.

as Col. Weldon

2005
2005
Criminal Minds

as Hank Morgan

2005
My Name Is Earl

as Thomas

2005
American Dad!

as Minstrel Krampus (voice)

2004
Saw

as David Tapp

2004
The Cookout

as Judge Crowley

2004
2003
Good Fences

as Tom Spader

2002
The Real Eve

as Narrator (voice)

2001
The Royal Tenenbaums

as Henry Sherman

2001
3 A.M.

as Hershey

2000
Boesman and Lena

as Boesman

2000
2000
Freedom Song

as Will Walker

1999
1999
Our Friend, Martin

as Train Conductor (voice)

1998
The Prince of Egypt

as Jethro (voice)

1998
Beloved

as Paul D

1998
Antz

as Barbatus (voice)

1998
Lethal Weapon 4

as Roger Murtaugh

1998
Hollywood Squares

as Self - Panelist

1997
Buffalo Soldiers

as Sgt. Washington Wyatt

1997
The Rainmaker

as Richter Tyrone Kipler

1997
Switchback

as Bob Goodall

1997
Wild America

as Bigfoot the Mountain Man (Uncredited)

1997
Gone Fishin'

as Gus Green

1997
The View

as Self

1996
America's Dream

as Silas (segment "Long Black Song")

1995
Red Wind

as Philip Marlowe

1995
Operation Dumbo Drop

as Capt. Sam Cahill

1995
1994
Angels in the Outfield

as George Knox

1994
Maverick

as Bank Robber (uncredited)

1994
ER

as Charlie Pratt Sr.

1993
Bopha!

as Micah Mangena

1993
The Talking Eggs

as Narrator (voice)

1993
Civil War Journal

as Self - Host

1993
1993
Fallen Angels

as Marlowe

1993
Alex Haley's Queen

as Alec Haley

1992
Lethal Weapon 3

as Roger Murtaugh

1991
Grand Canyon

as Simon

1991
Pure Luck

as Raymond Campanella

1991
A Rage in Harlem

as Easy Money

1991
Flight of the Intruder

as Cmdr. Frank 'Dooke' Camparelli

1990
Predator 2

as Lieutenant Mike Harrigan

1990
1990
Rabbit Ears - Moses in Egypt

as Narrator (voice)

1990
Captain Planet and the Planeteers

as Dr. Apollo (voice)

1989
Lethal Weapon 2

as Roger Murtaugh

1989
Dead Man Out

as Dr. Alex Marsh

1989
A Raisin in the Sun

as Walter Lee Younger

1989
Lonesome Dove

as Joshua Deets

1988
Bat★21

as Capt. Bartholomew Clark

1988
1987
Mandela

as Nelson Mandela

1987
Lethal Weapon

as Roger Murtaugh

1986
John Henry

as John Henry

1985
1985
Silverado

as Malachi 'Mal' Johnson

1985
The Stand-In

as Apples Finnerty

1985
Witness

as McFee

1985
Tall Tales & Legends

as John Henry

1984
Iceman

as Loomis

1983
Memorial Day

as Willie Monroe

1983
1983
Keeping On

as Lester Traylor

1982
Out

as Jojo / Roland

1981
1980
Great Railway Journeys

as Self - Presenter

1979
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

1952
Today

as Self

Producer

2024
Self-Portrait as a Coffee Pot

as Co-Executive Producer

2023
President

as Executive Producer

2023
The 9 Lives of Barbara Dane

as Executive Producer

2022
Crane Lantern

as Executive Producer

2021
Memoria

as Co-Producer

2021
Prayers for the Stolen

as Co-Producer

2021
In Between Dying

as Executive Producer

2020
The War on Cuba

as Executive Producer

2019
Easter Snap

as Executive Producer

2019
Lynch: A History

as Executive Producer

2018
2018
Angels Are Made of Light

as Executive Producer

2018
Capernaum

as Executive Producer

2017
That Summer

as Executive Producer

2017
Strong Island

as Executive Producer

2017
Zama

as Co-Producer

2016
White Sun

as Executive Producer

2016
Shadow World

as Executive Producer

2016
2015
Cemetery of Splendor

as Co-Producer

2015
This Changes Everything

as Executive Producer

2014
Concerning Violence

as Co-Producer

2014
Life Is Sacred

as Executive Producer

2012
Shenandoah

as Executive Producer

2012
The House I Live In

as Executive Producer

2012
Highway

as Producer

2011
Dum Maaro Dum

as Executive Producer

2009
The Time That Remains

as Associate Producer

2008
Trouble the Water

as Executive Producer

2008
Salt of This Sea

as Co-Producer

2006
Bamako

as Executive Producer

2003
Good Fences

as Producer

2001
3 A.M.

as Executive Producer

2000
Freedom Song

as Executive Producer

1997
Buffalo Soldiers

as Executive Producer

1996
America's Dream

as Executive Producer

1990
To Sleep with Anger

as Executive Producer

Director

2002
Just a Dream

as Director

1994
Override

as Director